Monday, May 26, 2014

Belgian Jews Blame Rampant Anti-Semitism for Shooting AttackIs Anti-Semitism becoming a distinctly European phenomenon?Locals say yes - and so does the ADL."Belgium's Jewish community is reeling from Saturday night's horrific shooting attack at the Jewish Museum, which left a museum employee and two Israeli tourists dead and other critically injured.Locals say that the attack, rather than a shock, is the direct outcome of growing tolerance for anti-Semitism in Belgium."Anti-Semitism has grown. We see it on TV, in the media and in our newspapers," Betty Dan, director of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Belgium, told Walla! News Sunday."It is always against Israel and Jews," she lamented. "All the articles we see about what is happening in this country [to us] are always negative.""All the politicians now say this is a tragedy, but we are not naive," she continued, stating that politicians "have not done anything" to stop anti-Semitism."Read more: